Because of the sanctions, European citizens will be forced to eat worms.
Europe and European countries as poor and dying of hunger, since they have been deprived of imports from the Russian Federation is again the No. 1 topic of concern apparently for the Russian state media TASS, which published a post by the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. His writings from social networks are published as the first leading news this morning.
As an occasion for his writings, Volodin uses the entry into force of the European regulation, which allows the use of powder from mealybug larvae as an additive in the food industry.
The regulation, according to Volodin, is a direct consequence of the West's sanctions policy against Russia, as European countries are becoming poorer, production is closing and economies are collapsing, and Europeans themselves are apparently dying of hunger.
The European Union, Volodin noted, decided not to help local agricultural producers, but went to replace their goods with worms and larvae. The MP predicts an even greater crisis, since "no one in Europe thinks" that eating insects could cause serious illnesses, the cultivation of insects on an industrial scale will not be without consequences.
Volodin's post also contains a threat to emigrants and foreign agents who have fled Russia to Europe, who "will soon understand what a mealworm tastes like."
Periodically in the Russian media, including in statements by officials and representatives of the Russian government, the thesis is imposed that Europe and Europeans are perishing, deprived of economic and cultural ties with Russia. And this is a policy imposed by European politicians to the detriment of the population itself and the citizens of European countries. The exact goal and motivation of the European leaders is not specified, the interpretations of Russian representatives and propagandists go as far as hints of personal gain.
Such a discourse was imposed three days ago by the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, when she commented on the decision of the Baltic states to exclude themselves from the energy system that connected them with Belarus and Russia. According to Zakharova, this represents "the destruction of countries and peoples that had the prerequisites for prosperity and independence", but with their exclusion they squandered it.